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Now that the final World Ranking is out, the teams are being announced.
Canada will have 8 competitors as follows:
Event Gender Athletes
60kg Men, Sergio Pessoa
66kg Men, Antoine Bouchard
73kg Men, Arthur Margelidon
81kg Men, Antoine Valois-Fortier
100kg Men, Kyle Reyes
52kg Women, Ecaterina Guica
57kg Women, Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard
70kg Women, Kelita Zupancic
http://olympic.ca/rio-2016-qualification-tracker/
The USA has 6 competitors as follows:
52 kg. Women, Angelica Delgado
57 kg. Women, Marti Malloy
78 kg. Women, Kayla Harrison
73 kg. Men, Nick Delpopolo
81 kg. Men, Travis Stevens
90 kg. Men, Colton Brown
http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/June/01/Meet-The-2016-US-Olympic-Judo-Team
Despite the smaller team, I fear the USA may outdo us for medals. Kayla looks sure-fire for a medal if not Gold and Travis and Marti are both credible threats.
On the Canadian side Antoine V-F is a very strong hopeful and maybe, just maybe he can unseat the Georgian from the top of the heap. (I can dream can't I?) I think you could also look at either Kelita or Catherine B-P to be possible podium finishes, based on anyone in the top ten being only one match away from the podium on any given day.
While I was going through the exercise to see who would be on team Canada from the ranking list (not my job, I'm just nerdy that way...) I couldn't help nut notice that a lot of Brazilians didn't need the Host Country Bye to qualify. With a full team on the cards and most of them bone-fide qualifiers regardless we could see a record haul for the Host country.
Chime in one and all. Who's on your team and how do you fancy their chances?
Canada will have 8 competitors as follows:
Event Gender Athletes
60kg Men, Sergio Pessoa
66kg Men, Antoine Bouchard
73kg Men, Arthur Margelidon
81kg Men, Antoine Valois-Fortier
100kg Men, Kyle Reyes
52kg Women, Ecaterina Guica
57kg Women, Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard
70kg Women, Kelita Zupancic
http://olympic.ca/rio-2016-qualification-tracker/
The USA has 6 competitors as follows:
52 kg. Women, Angelica Delgado
57 kg. Women, Marti Malloy
78 kg. Women, Kayla Harrison
73 kg. Men, Nick Delpopolo
81 kg. Men, Travis Stevens
90 kg. Men, Colton Brown
http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/June/01/Meet-The-2016-US-Olympic-Judo-Team
Despite the smaller team, I fear the USA may outdo us for medals. Kayla looks sure-fire for a medal if not Gold and Travis and Marti are both credible threats.
On the Canadian side Antoine V-F is a very strong hopeful and maybe, just maybe he can unseat the Georgian from the top of the heap. (I can dream can't I?) I think you could also look at either Kelita or Catherine B-P to be possible podium finishes, based on anyone in the top ten being only one match away from the podium on any given day.
While I was going through the exercise to see who would be on team Canada from the ranking list (not my job, I'm just nerdy that way...) I couldn't help nut notice that a lot of Brazilians didn't need the Host Country Bye to qualify. With a full team on the cards and most of them bone-fide qualifiers regardless we could see a record haul for the Host country.
Chime in one and all. Who's on your team and how do you fancy their chances?
